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Molly
Poecilia sphenops
Family: Poeciliidae
📍 Central America & Mexico
Mollies are versatile livebearers available in many colour forms including black, dalmatian, and balloon. They are adaptable to a wide range of conditions including brackish water. Females give birth to live young and breed prolifically in captivity.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – flake, spirulina, vegetables, brine shrimp
- lifespan
- 3–5 years
- max size
- 12 cm females; 8 cm males
- tank size
- 20 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful; males may harass females
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Water it likes
- ph
- 7.0–8.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 10–25 dGH
- temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
75°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)